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The Art

 

Sebastian Reckless contains 16 full-color illustrations done by the author himself.  Below you can see an example of how Mr. Howard assembles a picture.


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Sebastian needs to have brilliant-looking books all over his house. Here's the black and white version.
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You can't tell in this tiny version (and you probably can't in the finished book) but one of the books is "Hamlet." However, I think you can see the copy of something by "Plato."
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Before this picture, I did the decorated edge of the rug as a straight-on thing, then I bent it sideways to give it the right depth. Sadly, I lost the first sketch of the rug pattern. It was pretty cool.
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Looking at it now, I wish I had put some intricate Chinese pattern all over it. But, at the time I did it, I just wanted to be done! If I had spent another day on it, I would've lost my mind!
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Pretty basic. The French pattern on the wallpaper was drawn by hand, I think about 3 times, then repeated over and over with my computer.
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At last! A person! It's pretty dreary drawing chairs and books (and especially FLOORS!).
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It's finally taking shape! We just need some color...
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But we're not done yet! Now we need the details: the light and shadow.
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Looks fabulous! ...For a guy in complete misery.
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Here's that same chair with color. As you can see, a lot of the lines that used to be black have been changed to brown or green, so they don't stick out so much.
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Here's a scribbled version of the statue that goes atop the books. Most people think this is William Shakespeare, but it's not. Any guesses who it is?
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Any guesses yet? He's a guy who lived at the same time as Shakespeare. He's a poet.
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It's John Donne (pronounced "Dunn"). He wrote "Death be not proud..."
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In the end, I said, "Hey, the danged wall's blank!" So I decided to hang a Chinese tapestry. I think I copied this dragon off of a restaurant menu. I don't quite remember.
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I'm pretty sure I drew only a quarter of this, and then repeated it with the computer to get the full border.
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A few colors and details later, I had my dragon banner and I was done. Assemble all these puzzle pieces and you have yourself a groovy picture!
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